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    The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of
    the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it,
    and that which tends most to the perpetuation of society itself.
    It makes our weakness subservient to our virtue; it grafts
    benevolence even upon avarice. The possession of family wealth
    and of the distinction which attends hereditary possessions (as
    most concerned in it,) are the natural securities for this
    transmission.

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The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious
ancestors is like a potato,--the only good read more

The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious
ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is
under ground.

by Sir Thomas Overbury Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

by William Congreve Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.

I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.

Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.

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Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

by Voltaire Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

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No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the
man that inherits family traditions and the read more

No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the
man that inherits family traditions and the cumulative humanities
of at least four or five generations.

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The nobler the blood the less the pride

The nobler the blood the less the pride

by Don Marquis Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

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